Originally Posted by
elcruxio
Can't be bothered with ticks. I live in the Finnish archipelago which is stuffed with the things. I've been vaccinated against the TBE which is far worse of the two tick borne diseases and Lyme is pretty simple to deal with. If a red ring is found -> antibiotics and if there is suspicion of infection without the red ring tests can be done and again antibiotics are used to deal with the disease.
We get a lot of people believing they have lyme's even though the tests come out negative. Usually these people have some other more serious ailment or are mentally unstable. Lyme's can be tested and treated relatively easily.
I heard the above from a friend who is doing her MD-PhD on lyme's.
That's not always true. I have Lyme and there was never a red ring. The longer you are infected w/o being diagnosed/taking doxy, the worse it can get. I have know people that aren't the same 15+ years later. I don't disagree that some cases are addressed early and therefore very treatable or that there are worse tick born illnesses.